Quick fix for a Norcold...
We were at the Rainbow CG in the White Mountains of eastern Arizona last week. Most of our trips are off of the grid so the gas side of the refrigeration equation usually gets a workout. Our 7 year old Norcold frig has always performed flawlessly but for the first time, I had a problem.
After setting up our site with the frig set to Auto which triggers the propane {absent AC power} everything was fine for a few hours and then I began to get the flashing yellow light indicating a problem {Check system}. I reset the system and sure enough, in a few hours, the failure alert repeated.
I fired up the generator and the frig ran fine on AC power... hmmm :h
I tried lowering the thermostat setting as well as shutting everything down and restarting but the problem persisted. We had plenty of propane and then it hit me... at 9,000'+ perhaps I had sucked a little thin air into the propane line. I lit a burner on the stove, it was time for our morning pot of coffee anyway, and reset the frig one last time.
" Voila!" we were back in business and the frig ran perfectly for the next 3 days. I guess if there was air in the line lighting the stove burner purged/pulled it through and solved the problem. Just thought I'd share something that worked. You're welcome.
:B
After setting up our site with the frig set to Auto which triggers the propane {absent AC power} everything was fine for a few hours and then I began to get the flashing yellow light indicating a problem {Check system}. I reset the system and sure enough, in a few hours, the failure alert repeated.
I fired up the generator and the frig ran fine on AC power... hmmm :h
I tried lowering the thermostat setting as well as shutting everything down and restarting but the problem persisted. We had plenty of propane and then it hit me... at 9,000'+ perhaps I had sucked a little thin air into the propane line. I lit a burner on the stove, it was time for our morning pot of coffee anyway, and reset the frig one last time.
" Voila!" we were back in business and the frig ran perfectly for the next 3 days. I guess if there was air in the line lighting the stove burner purged/pulled it through and solved the problem. Just thought I'd share something that worked. You're welcome.
:B
